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LEO'S IRONIC CODE

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Leonardo da Vinci called himself a failure! "You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself... the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...and this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others." Said by Leonardo da Vinci but ironically he considered himself as someone who had failed in life. A universal genius was what not? A painter, an architect, sculptor, military engineer, famous artist and a curious man with an insatiable desire for knowledge who became an epitome of the Renaissance. He was an illegitimate child born in Florence, he received his early education in a painter's workshop. Andrea Del Verrocchio was one of the influential personalities in his life who introduced him to the art world. Being a curious soul, art couldn't was suffice to cover Leo's quest of his surr...